Water or fluid gaging tube.



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FfciiEYENNnf WYOMING. WATER on FLUID GAGING TUBE.

To all whom t mrtg concern/.q

lBe it known that l, .GORI-IAM T. SEABURY, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Cheyenne, county of liaraiiiie, and State'of Wyoming, have inventeda new and useful `Water or Fluid Gaging Tube', of which the following is-aspecilication. My invention relates to` improvements in water orluid gaging tubes for boilers and liquid.- receptacles; and the vobject of my invention is to provide a double'- compartment water or fluid gaging tube for boilers and tanks, which coiupartiiiei'its are arranged in such a manner relative to the water in a boiler to which the tube is attached that no niatter 'how violent the water 2o in the boiler.

may boil or foamin the boiler the water in the sight-tube of my water-gage will be at' rest and indicate the true height of. the water y I attain this object .by the mechanismillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which--v Figure 1 is a front elevation of my iinprovediluidaging tube, the lower part of the front wal being cut away to show the partition between the two compartments and the holes at the. lower corners of the partition, which form a communication between the compartments. Fi'g2 is a centralvertical sectional view of the same. F ig. 3' is a horizontal sectional view o n the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. `Fi 4 is aperspective view ofone of4 the sight-assesfaud Fig. 5 is a sectional i view of a modilied form ofthe gaging-tube.

Similar igures of reference refer to similar parts throughout theseveral views.

Referring t'o the drawings, the numeral l designates a water-gage tube, which I preferably construct may -be used, if desired.

substantially inthe formof a triangle in cross-section, althoughfany other suitable forni of cross-sectionfor the tube This tube is constructedof any suitable' iiietal and contains twlo vertical compartments and 3,1 which areseparated fromv each other by a partition 4. rT 1e compartment 2 is formed in the tube along "its widest side, 'and the partition H4 is' formed parallelwithit. The compartiiiei'it vis also formed paralleluvith the compartment- 2; but its opposite sides are beveled to match the bevel of the outside of the' tube. Inthe'compartment" 3 I forni a .plurality of sight Water-indicating apertures, which extend through the sides `'5I-'and 7- and the front- 8, which is made with a flat surface. While any preferred number of sight-aperto res may Specification of Letters Patent.

.imacat-:turned1m23.190s. serai no. 319.140.

preferably. make of glass.

Patented Dec. 25, 1906. v

be formed in each of the sides, I referably form live, arranging them at equa distances apart in a vertical row along each of the opposite sides of the: tube, th .oppositely-arranged openings being on the same horizontal plane,` and in the front I preferably place two sight-a ertures, arranging' them so as to locate the ower one midway ,between first per one-is'midway between the'third and 'ourth pair of side inlets. These sight waterindicating apertures are of two 'diameters and they are all alike. Consequentl a desc'ripton of one will applyto all o them.

vThe irst diameter 9 extends into the sides and apex end ofthe tube tol nearly through the thickness of metal ofthe terminates in a s uare shoulder l0, from which-a smaller holle lil extends through the metafl into' the com artmentj The entrance to t e aperture 9 is threaded fora portion of its len th, and an e e-ring nut 12 is provided withl a vub IB, Whic iis threaded to `screw into it, and also with a wrenchreceiving polyonal surface', 'by which it may i be scre'weda unscrewed into the threaded pair of side inlets, While the u tube, where it aperture, land between this ege-ring -and the shoulder at the bottom of t e aperture 9 I place a transparent 4eyepiece 14, which l This piece preferably consists of a dis from the opposite sides of which project two hub portions 15 and 16, one of which, 15, projects into the smaller diameter of the eyeaperture, andthe other, 16, lprojects into the eye-ring,l and in order to secure the eve-glass inthe eye-aperture against leakageplace a rubber washer 17 on zthe shoulder 10 at the' bottom of the aperture 9 and around the hub' V15of the glass eye and place the adj acent disk port-ion of theeyopiece against it. I also place a rubber washer ISon the hub 16 and the eyepiece andv then screw the eye-ring own against the rubber washers, and thereby against the adjacent side of the disk portion o d Clamp the. rubber washer against the` shoulder l), easily removable water tight eye sight. rllirough ihc top und of the tube l forni a threaded 'aperature 1S) into the conipai'iiiieut 2, iu which I screw a uipplel) or other .suitable fittiiig, which is adapted to be coi'inected to a. boiler ortank.. Through the bottom of the tube `l also form a threadedaperture 21 iiito the compartment 2, to whih a nipple or other'4 suitable pipe-fitting' l22 is secured,

and Vthe glass eye thus providing an Iglass eyeportion,

. and through the apertures at spent and disappear in compartment 2.

which is adapted to be-secured to a boiler or tank. The apertures 19 and 21 are preferably arranged in the center of the'chamber 2. -Atthe bottom of the compartment 2 I form 5 two apertures 23 and 24 through the parti- 'tion into the compartment 3, p acing one at each 'side of the chamber, and at'the to of the partition, in its central portion, I also orm an aperture 25 through it into the compartment 3. q

In Fig. 5 I illustrate a slight modification of the arrangement 'shown in the preferred construction. In this arrangement instead of making a double compartment in the tube I make-a tube with a single compartment 26 and with inlets 27 and 28 at its opposite ends and also provide one side of the tube with threaded, apertures at `its opposite ends,to which elbow-nipples are threaded at one end. These elbows are provided at their opposite ends with couplings 29, which are adapted to be connected --to'and to hold a glass water-indicating tube 30, and this arrangement will oprate similar to the double-compartment tu e, y

The operation is as follows: The tube is connected to a boiler in the usual manner, and the water flows into the compartment2 the bottom of the partition into the compartment 3, where itis visible from three angular points of view i through the eye glass rings, and in case the water in the boiler is foaming or boiling it will not affect the water in the compartment 3 of the gage, which will lalways 'remain at rest, While the commotion 'of the Water will be --Having described my invention, what I cla-im as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-'j- '1. In a water-gage, a Water-gage triangular-shaped in cross-section, having two ver'- tically-arranged compartments parallel with each other, and' se arat'ed from one another connecting posite ends,

by a vertical partition, containing passages* said triangle, provi and a pluralit partment, arranged to be operatively connected to a boileror` tank.

2. In a water-ga e, the combination of a water-gage triangu ar-shaped in cross-section, havingtwo iluidcompartments, one of which is provided with fluid-inlet apertures at its opposite ends, and is arranged to be connecte toja boiler or tank, and thel other of which is provided with three rows of trans# parent light-inlet eyelets arranged on three different sides of said triangular-sha ed tube and means for attaching and detaching said light-eyeletsto said tube, as specified.

3. In a water-gage, a water-ga ing tube, of a water-gage triangular-shape in crosssection, having `-two independent compartments-separatedbyla vertical partition and connected together at their upper and lower ends, by lateral passages through said portion, fluid-inlet apertures in the opposite ends of the compartment ad'acent to the base of ded with pipe -ittin s connected' to a boiler or tan i, of transparent light-inlet eyelets in the si e angle, and apex-surfaces, of said tube, arranged in rows, each eyelet oi which comprises a threaded aperture extending through the shell of said tube into said' chamber, a glass disk packed in said aperture and a threaded eye-ring threaded to lsai aperture and arranged to clamp said glass disk in said aperture, as specified.

4. In a water-gage, thelwaterfgage triangular-shaped in cross-section, provided with the two compartments therein,4 andv with the partition separating adapted to be connecting assa es in said* compartments and `the lig tin et eyelets, comprising the threaded aperture, of two diameters, the glass disk, and the rubber washers, arranged -tobe inserted insaid apertures, withthe nut-shaped threaded eye'- ring arranged to clamglass disk, and rubber washers in sai 'afpertures, as specified. l In testimony whereof I affix mysignat'ure in presence of two witnesses. v

` GORHAM T.'SEABURY Witnesses: Y A

G. SARGENT ELLIOTT, KATHERINE V: Imrim.

the combination with said the two compartments, and the lateral iuid- I 

